So.. if we were to take Mr. Mearls' route and go back to BD&D as a "baseline".. Several questions come to mind:
1. Which version of BD&D would we use to build upon? We have OD&D, Holmes, B/X, and BECM. I personally prefer BECM, but that's just me.
2. If we could "cherry-pick" things from later versions of (A)D&D, what would we grab?
Here is my (initial, partial) list:
From 2e: Specialty priests and mages, and "kits"
From 3.x: Ascending armor class, unified XP and BAB, feats (for fighters and thieves), multiclassing
From 4e: LIMITED at-wills for wizards (magic missile, anyone?)
1. Which version of BD&D would we use to build upon? We have OD&D, Holmes, B/X, and BECM. I personally prefer BECM, but that's just me.
2. If we could "cherry-pick" things from later versions of (A)D&D, what would we grab?
Here is my (initial, partial) list:
From 2e: Specialty priests and mages, and "kits"
From 3.x: Ascending armor class, unified XP and BAB, feats (for fighters and thieves), multiclassing
From 4e: LIMITED at-wills for wizards (magic missile, anyone?)